CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The
Master Zhuang
Rhapsodies on Skulls
Skeletons in Quanzhen Daoism
Master Zhuang and the Skeleton
Fanning the Grave
The Resurrected Skeleton in Modern Times
1. Two Narrative
Daoqing
Du Hui,
Master Zhuang Sighs over the Skeleton in Northern and Southern Lyrics and Songs
, parts 1 and 2
Ding Yaokang,
Master Zhuang Lamenting the Skeleton
2. One Late Ming Play
Wang Yinglin,
Free and Easy Roaming
3. One Youth Book
Chunshuzhai,
The Butterfly Dream
4. One Precious Scroll
The Precious Scroll of Master Zhuang’s Butterfly Dream and Skeleton
5. One Modern Parody
Lu Xun, “Raising the Dead”
Appendix 1. Three Rhapsodies
Zhang Heng, “Rhapsody on the Skull”
Cao Zhi, “Discourse on the Skull”
Lü An, “Rhapsody on the Skull”
Appendix 2. Twenty-One Lyrics
Luo Qing, “Twenty-One Pure Sound Lyrics Lamenting the World and Alerting the Frivolous”
Appendix 3. Ten Skeletons
“The Ten Skeletons”
Character List
Bibliography
Index